Introduction to Surface Physics
Published on 1. March 1994
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-0-19-853475-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text, aimed at final-year undergraduate students and new postgraduates in physics, provides a broad introduction to surface physics, covering key areas of surface studies. Techniques are described that are used to determine which atoms are present on a surface and in what quantities, and to determine their relative arrangement. New results and theoretical advances are included, which provide fresh insights into the phenomena that occur at surfaces. Selected case studies are presented with particular reference to the (lll) surface of elemental silicon to illustrate the application of relevant techniques to the electronic, vibrational, and adsoption properties of surfaces. This book is intended for final year undergraduates and new postgraduates in physics, chemistry, materials science, or electronics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliography, 99 line drawings, 20 half-tones, 8 plates, references, index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-853475-4 (9780198534754)
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Content
Introduction. Part 1 Surface chemical composition: the extension of bulk techniques to surface studies; specifically surface techniques; photoelectron spectroscopy; auger electron spectroscopy; scanning auger microscopy (SAM); quantitative analysis by AES and SPS; secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS); quantitative analysis by SIMS; SIMS, auger and XPS microscopies compared; depth profiling; the atom probe; a case study NiCrA1+O. Part 2 Surface structure: bulk techniques for structure analysis; surface methods using electrons; low energy electron microscopy (LEEM); grazing incidence X-ray diffraction; field-ion microscopy; scanning tunnelling microscopy; ion scattering; angularly resolved photoelectron spectroscopy; surface extended X-ray absorption fine structure (SEXAFS); predicting the surface crystallography; some selected surface structures; summary - surface structure and composition. Part 3 Surface properties - electronic: some theoretical considerations; contact potential and work function; the measurement of work functions; surface states and band bending; plasmons; single atom spectroscopy and the STM; surface opitcs; electron spin resonance; case study - the long search - Si(111)7x7; summary. Part 4 Surface properties - atomic motion: surface lattice dynamics; surface diffusion; surface melting; summary. Part 5 Surfact properties - adsorption of atoms and molecules: some thermodynamics; adsorption processes; theory of chemisorption; experimental observations of chemisorption; surface segregation; epitaxial processes; molecular beam epitaxy (MBE); summary.